I had such high hopes for this one, guys. Pretty Girls had positive reviews, strong word-of-mouth, and I really pretty cover that I could Instagram the hell out of. You see?! And yay, mini cupcakes! But by the time I was almost done with this book, trudging through the last 100 pages, all I could think was, “I’m getting real tired of this shit.” I don’t know if you’ve managed to piece this together yet, but I read a lot. Good books, bad books, […]
“Optimism is a sliver of glass in your heart”
This is a rare book that blends both mystery and character building in equal parts. I had never read Karin Slaughter before, but I think I will be remedying that soon. The style of this book and Slaughter’s writing reminded me of the better elements of Tana French and Gillian Flynn. Start to finish, this book is fast-paced and unflinching in its portrayal of pure evil. The story revolves around the disappearance of Julia Carroll in 1994. It looks at the ways her disappearance affected her family […]
1970s Atlanta — not a great place to be unless you’re a white male (and even then…)
I really liked Karin Slaughter’s Pretty Girls, despite the fact that it contained a lot more violence than I expected. Cop Town was similarly shocking, only it was the racism, sexism and homophobia that made me uncomfortable here. However, it was absolutely worth the read. “This women’s lib stuff works for rich girls, but all you’ve got going for you is your face and your figure. You need to take advantage of both before you lose them.” Set in the 1970s in Atlanta, Cop Town covers the first week on […]
I reject your heroine and substitute my own
Karin Slaughter is one of the very few thriller writers whose work I actually look forward to and buy on, or near, (or occasionally before, as bookstores here seem a little befuddled about embargo dates and English-language books) the official publishing date. I wasn’t a big fan of her last one, Pretty Girls, but the one before that, Cop Town, was a pretty damn good exploration of what it was like to be a woman on the police force in 1970s Atlanta. I heartily recommend […]
“Optimism is a sliver of glass in your heart.”
Karin Slaughter’s Pretty Girls is violent, terrifying and heartbreaking. No happy endings here, but plenty of suspense and tension, if you’re into that sort of thing. “You couldn’t turn on the TV without hearing about the missing teenage girl. Sixteen years old. White. Middle class. Very pretty. No one ever seemed quite as outraged when an ugly woman went missing.” 20 years ago, pretty college student Julie Carroll disappeared. Shortly after, her sisters (Lydia & Claire) had a major falling out and stopped speaking to each […]
Kiss the Girls and Make them Cry
“His right knee was a bloody pulp. His ankle was shattered. The bottom half of his leg hung at an unnatural angle. Bone and sinew and muscle glistened in the light of the still-roaring flmes.” Why, yes, ‘Slaughter’ IS her real name. Pretty Girls tells the tale of three sisters: Julia, Lydia and Claire Carrol. Julia has disappeared years ago and has never been heard from again. Her disappearance has caused a rift in the family: parents Sam and Helen have divorced, and where Helen […]
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